{"id":23,"date":"2015-02-22T20:32:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T01:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2016-04-02T15:31:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T19:31:45","slug":"top-10-inverted-roller-coasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themeparkarchive.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/top-10-inverted-roller-coasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Inverted Roller Coasters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inverted roller coasters distinguish themselves by their style where you fly underneath the track. \u00a0B&M, Intamin, and Vekoma are the primary manufacturers of inverted roller coasters, each has their own distinct track and train styles. \u00a0These are the inverted roller coasters we believe distinguish themselves from the rest:<\/p>\n

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Honorable\u00a0Mention:\u00a0Batman the Ride at Six Flags Great America<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn the 1990’s, this model of inverted roller coaster seemed to pop up in every (Six Flags) park. \u00a0The layout is a winner. \u00a0While short, this ride provides one of the most intense experiences on any roller coaster. \u00a0Lately Six Flags has begun to reinvigorate the ride by adding backward facing trains on the ride. \u00a0We’ve given the award to the original ride, but clones can be found in Six Flags Great Adventure<\/a>, Six Flags over Georgia<\/a>, Six Flags over Texas<\/a>, Six Flags St. Louis<\/a>, Six Flags Magic Mountain<\/a>, Six Flags Fiesta Texas<\/a>, Sea World San Antonio<\/a>, La Ronde<\/a>, and many more parks.
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10: Great Bear at Hersheypark<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Great Bear is a custom layout roller coaster by B&M on which you soar over Comet Hollow. \u00a0While relatively short, Great Bear’s interaction with other rides including superdooperlooper and Coal Cracker make the ride experience special.
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9 : Volcano at Kings Dominion<\/a>
\n<\/b>This Intamin inverted coaster launches you two times. \u00a0The second time vertically out of a fire-spewing volcano. \u00a0The ride is very unique and earns this recognition through its excellent use of theming as well as a thrilling ride experience.
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8: Afterburn at Carowinds<\/a>
\n<\/strong>This underappreciated ride at Carowinds has a very intense layout featuring one of the rare Batwing elements on a B&M roller coaster. \u00a0This ride was originally dubbed Top Gun by Paramount Parks.
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7: Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe Park<\/a>
\n<\/strong>This UK roller coaster is inspired by the classic: Nemesis at Alton Towers. \u00a0The theming on this ride and queue surpass that of almost all of the other competitors.
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6: Dragon Challenge at Universal Islands of Adventure<\/a>
\n<\/strong>This ride is an engineering masterpiece by B&M. \u00a0This is actually a pair of completely different inverted roller coasters themed to Harry Potter lore: Hungarian Horntail and Chinese Fireball that contain 3 near miss moments and 5 inversions. \u00a0Chinese Fireball provides the slightly more intense and better experience in our experience. \u00a0Unfortunately the ride no longer duels due to safety concerns dropping it down in the rankings. \u00a0This ride was originally known as Dueling Dragons.
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5: Raptor at Cedar Point<\/a>
\n<\/strong>The tallest and fastest inverted roller coaster when it opened, Raptor built upon the foundation created by Batman the Ride to create an intense ride experience with 6 inversions. \u00a0This was the first inverted coaster to feature a cobra roll.
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4: Montu at Busch Gardens Tampa<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Montu one ups Raptor with a 7th inversion. \u00a0This ride contains two strong ride halves, the second half taking you underground several times. \u00a0This ride is found in Busch Garden Tampa’s Egypt section.
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3: Alpengeist – Busch Gardens Williamsburg<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Built a year after Montu, Busch Gardens Williamsburg introduced what is still the world’s tallest complete circuit inverted roller coaster. \u00a0Themed after a ski ride gone wrong in Germany, Alpengeist swoops you in and out of the River Rhine valley.
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2: Banshee – Kings Island<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Opened in 2014, more than 20 years after the first inverted coaster, Banshee reimagines the inverted coaster. \u00a0Built by B&M on the site of the former Son of Beast, this roller coaster layout brings back the intense layouts the company used to design in the past. \u00a0What sets Banshee apart is its modest theming package, excellent pacing, and track length. \u00a0Banshee is the world’s longest inverted roller coaster. \u00a0It utilizes a new train style similar to that found on wing-rider coasters that contains much more open over the shoulder restraints.
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1: Nemesis – Alton Towers<\/a>
\n<\/strong>The title of best inverted coaster goes to the UK, and it isn’t close. \u00a0Nemesis bills itself as the world’s most extreme ride experience. \u00a0While that is probably not true, the layout of this ride is one that is literally impossible to be duplicated. \u00a0Almost the entire ride is situated below ground level where riders gets turned upside down 4 times. \u00a0All the time soaring through caverns and rushing through rock blasted quarries. \u00a0This is one ride not to miss.
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